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Now 78, Roman Polanski hardly seems to be slipping off into the night—even if some may want him to. The native Parisian, World War II survivor, Polish film wunderkind, and troubled Hollywood player-turned-fugitive has, in the past decade, enjoyed a return to prominence as a filmmaker even as the darkest events of his past have returned to haunt him. He was freed from several months of house arrest last summer after Swiss authorities...